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Synbio News • 07/07/10
The human genome: Big advances, many questions
Ten years after President Clinton hailed the completion of the first draft of the human genome, on June 25, 2000, these doctors-to-be are grappling with the many challenges posed by a dawning era of genomic medicine. USA Today
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Synbio News • 07/07/10
Juan Enriquez Discusses Advances in Synthetic Biology: Video
Juan Enriquez, chief executive officer of Biotechonomy LLC and co-founder of Synthetic Genomics Inc., talks about advances in synthetic biology and investment strategy in the life-sciences area. Enriquez speaks with Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. (Source: Bloomberg) Bloomberg (via Washington Post)
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Synbio News • 06/01/10
Outlaw Biology
A couple of guys in a garage changed computer technology. Will someone in a basement one day transform biology just as radically? We explore the tantalizing — and maybe terrifying — frontier of synthetic biology and do-it-yourself life science. UCLA Magazine
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Synbio News • 05/20/10
Synthetic Genome Brings New Life to Bacterium
For 15 years, J. Craig Venter has chased a dream: to build a genome from scratch and use it to make synthetic life. Now, he and his team at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in Rockville, Maryland, and San Diego, California, say they have realized that dream. Science Magazine
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Synbio News • 05/04/10
Citizen Scientists Attract FBI’s WMD Unit
Looking at safety as a priority, the feds reach out to members of a new movement that takes science into neighborhoods. This video features an interview with Synthetic Biology Project Director David Rejeski. National Journal
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Synbio News • 03/20/10
Would You Pay $20 for Access to a Breast Cancer Cure?
The Pink Army Cooperative is selling $20 shares in a journey toward a personalized cure for breast cancer. This Canadian organization has set out to lower the cost of cancer treatments while also making them more effective by embracing a new wave of synthetic biology technology. The New York Times
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Synbio News • 02/09/10
Darpa to develop immortal organisms
Darpa, in a move that means to use bioweapons for good, has announced the investment of $6 million into a project that will create “synthetic organisms” that never die but can be killed with the flick of a molecular switch. BioPrepWatch.com
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